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17th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Katarina Hotel Dugopolje
Split, Croatia
Education in Precast
Stef MAAS
Echo
History…
2008 TT-award
Young architects and engineers are not well informed
about one of the most beautiful construction materials in
the world: Hollow Core floors.
Today, many architects and engineers don’t consider HC
as “the standard floor-solution”. They aren’t aware of the
many ways to construct with HC.
As soon as a student is graduated and starts to work,
he/she will use the tools and products he knows best.
History…
2008 TT-award
Therefore it’s important to inform students as soon as
possible about HC and its possibilities
Our aim is to inform students (architects, engineers,…)
in such a way that they consider hollow core as the best
floor solution.
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Where are we today
Statement about HC is also valid for precast in general.
An engineer who can not design in prefab is an
incomplete trained engineer.
Today’s students are tomorrow’s prescribers
Belgian precasters understood the message and started
to educate students
Initiative by ECHO
Building information sessions
1 meeting each month
Organised by suppliers of building materials
Contractors/Architects
Short information session about one topic
Toppings : sense or nonsense
Thermal activated floors
Walking dinner
Networking
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Course for structural engineers
Masters in structural enigeneering
In 2 institutes
Ghent (University college)
Choice of student to become
Precast Specialist
Hasselt (University college)
Mandatory course for all students
Teachers are specialists from our industry
Base = model course Arnold Van Acker
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Content
Introduction in precast concrete
Standardisation
Quality control
Precasted elements : overview
Precastes systems for buildings
Precasted buildings : connections
Precasted buildings : structural stability
Precasted buildings : structural integrity
Precasted buildings : fire resistance
Case study
Prestress : losses
Prestress : anchorage zone (end zone)
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Target audience
Graduated engineers & architects
Experienced engineers & architects
5 afternoon sessions
In cooperation with the association
for civil engineers (ie-net)
Aim
Disseminate knowledge
Make sure that our students and professionals think and
communicate in the same way about precast
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Content
Same as content at University colleges
+ Architectural concrete
+ Logistics
+ Erection
Teachers
Specialists from industry
Architects with experience in precast
1 case study per session
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Vitruvius Academy
Target audience = architects only
In cooperation with the Architects association NAV.
1 afternoon session per province
Aim
Open the mind of architects by explaining the possibilities of
concrete in general and precast concrete in particular.
Courses organised by FEBE Belgian Precast Association
Coming up soon
Course for Bachelor-students
Shift from design towards production
Course for high-school students
Start as early as possible to talk about precast
Stimulearning
Every year awards to 6 best
educational projects in Belgium
2012 : Project by FEBE was awarded
Training Engineering Students to
become Precast Specialists
Cooperation with schools and universities Master theses
5 groups
Building physics
Deformation
Supports
Seismic behaviour
Introduction of prestress
Aim :
To create domains of expertise at each institute
To establish long-term cooperation
To initiate PhD-research
To make sure that the outcome of research is in line with the
needs of our industry
Cooperation with schools and universities Master theses
Deformation
Cooperation with schools and universities Master theses
Supports
degree of restrainment
indirect supports – Shear capacity – Protruding strands
indirect supports – Shear capacity – Protruding wires
indirect supports – Shear capacity – Mild steel
Cooperation with schools and universities Master theses
Seismic behaviour
Undulated joints – Preliminary tests for lab setup
Undulated joints – Optimisation of lab setup by FEM
Undulated joints – Capacity test on scaled samples
Undulated joints – Full scale test
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Cooperation with schools and universities Master theses
Introduction of prestress
Spalling – Literature study
Spalling – derivation of formula, FEM analysis
Spalling – derivation of general formula
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Spanning (N/mm²)
Vergelijking modellen
Oorspronkelijk 4-nodes model
4-nodes zonderherschalingsfactor
SC50 4-nodes14-11-11
Masterclasses & Seminars
2011 – Greece
International Seminar on
Earthquake resistance of
Precast structures
Cooperation with fib C6
2012 – India
The design of precast
concrete structures
3 days of theoretical Background
1 day exercises
Dissemination of knowledge
ICCX
Russia
Brazil
Cooperation with local associations
ABCIC (Brazil)
Hollow core in Europe
Publications
CPI-magazine
Own publications
Why Hollow Core
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Get more out of concrete Online contest by Febe
During 4 weeks
4 x 8 questions
about precast
1-ste price :
Trip to South Africa
5 students
+5 colleague students
Trip to South Africa an exceptional experience
Thank you
For choosing Precast
For choosing Hollow Core
For your attention